[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 141 (Monday, July 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41769-41770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11744]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-865]


Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the People's 
Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 24, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Bertrand or Carrie Blozy, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3207 and (202) 482-5403, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat 
products from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for the period 
November 1, 2004, through October 31, 2005. Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 70 FR 65883 (November 1, 
2005). On November 30, 2005, Nucor Corporation, a domestic producer of 
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products, requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of Angang Group 
International Trade Corporation, Angang Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd., New 
Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (``collectively Angang''); and Shanghai Baosteel 
Group Corporation, Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., and Baosteel Group 
International Trade Corporation (collectively ``Baosteel''). On 
December 22, 2005, the Department published a notice of initiation of 
an antidumping duty administrative review on certain hot-rolled carbon 
steel flat products from the PRC. Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part (``Notice of Initiation''), 70 FR 76024 (December 22, 2005). On 
May 3, 2006, we preliminarily rescinded this review based on evidence 
on the record indicating that there were no entries into the United 
States of subject merchandise during the period of review (``POR'') by 
the named firms. See Preliminary Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 
From the People's Republic of China, 71 FR 26040 (May 3, 2006) 
(``Preliminary Rescission''). We invited interested parties to submit 
comments on our Preliminary Rescission. We did not receive any comments 
on our Preliminary Rescission. The POR is November 1, 2004 through 
October 31, 2005.

Scope of the Review

    For purposes of this review, the products covered are certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products of a rectangular shape, of a width of 
0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and 
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other 
non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively 
superimposed layers), regardless of thickness, and in straight lengths 
of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 
10 times the thickness. Universal mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled 
products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width 
exceeding 150 mm, but not exceeding 1250 mm, and of a thickness of not 
less than 4.0 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief) of a 
thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of this 
review.
    Specifically included within the scope of this review are vacuum 
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free 
(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate 
for motor lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as low carbon 
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium or 
niobium (also commonly referred to as columbium), or both, added to 
stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as 
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper, 
niobium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination 
steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and 
aluminum.
    Steel products to be included in the scope of this review, 
regardless of definitions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS), are products in which: (i) Iron predominates, by 
weight, over each of the other contained elements; (ii) the carbon 
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and, iii) none of the elements 
listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
    1.80 percent of manganese, or
    2.25 percent of silicon, or
    1.00 percent of copper, or
    0.50 percent of aluminum, or
    1.25 percent of chromium, or
    0.30 percent of cobalt, or
    0.40 percent of lead, or
    1.25 percent of nickel, or
    0.30 percent of tungsten, or
    0.10 percent of molybdenum, or
    0.10 percent of niobium, or
    0.15 percent of vanadium, or
    0.15 percent of zirconium.
    All products that meet the physical and chemical description 
provided above are within the scope of this review unless otherwise 
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside or 
specifically excluded from the scope of this review:
    Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at least one of the 
chemical elements exceeds those listed above (including, e.g., American 
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A543, A387, 
A514, A517, A506).
    Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/American Iron & Steel 
Institute (AISI) grades of series 2300

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and higher.
    Ball bearing steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
    Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
    Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or silicon electrical 
steel with a silicon level exceeding 2.25 percent.
    ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
    USS abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
    All products (proprietary or otherwise) based on an alloy ASTM 
specification (sample specifications: ASTM A506, A507).
    Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, which are the result of 
having been processed by cutting or stamping and which have assumed the 
character of articles or products classified outside chapter 72 of the 
HTSUS.
    The merchandise subject to this review is classified in the HTSUS 
at subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 
7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 
7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 
7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 
7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 
7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat 
products covered by this review, including: vacuum degassed fully 
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and the substrate for motor 
lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff numbers: 
7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise 
may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise under review is dispositive.

Final Rescission of Review

    Because neither Angang nor Baosteel made shipments to the United 
States of subject merchandise during the POR, and because we did not 
receive any comments on our Preliminary Rescission, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) and consistent with our practice, we are 
rescinding this review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products from the PRC for the period of 
November 1, 2004, to October 31, 2005. See, e.g., Polychloroprene 
Rubber from Japan: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 66 FR 45005 (August 27, 2001). The cash deposit 
rate for Angang and Baosteel will continue to be the rate established 
in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: July 14, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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